{"product_id":"9781429932196","title":"The Giant, O'Brien: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLondon, 1782: center of science and commerce, home to the newly rich and the desperately poor. In the midst of it all is the Giant, O'Brien, a freak of nature, a man of song and story who trusts in myths, fairies, miracles, and little people. He has come from Ireland to exhibit his size for money. O'Brien's opposite is a man of science, the famed anatomist John Hunter, who lusts after the Giant's corpse as a medical curiosity, a boon to the advancement of scientific knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her acclaimed novel, two-time Man Booker Prize winning author Hilary Mantel tells of the fated convergence of Ireland and England. As belief wrestles knowledge and science wrestles song, so \u003ci\u003eThe Giant, O'Brien\u003c\/i\u003e calls to us from a fork in the road as a tale of time, and a timeless tale.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holt, Henry \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154130518256,"sku":"9781429932196","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429932196_p0.jpg?v=1763749058","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429932196","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}